23rd March 2020
Covid-19 / Coronavirus
Business as usual. Some staff are currently working from home but we're fully operational and able to handle and…
26th February 2020
March equipment and space issues
Equipment and vessel shortages caused by extended Chinese New Year and Coronavirus are hitting the UK hard
24th February 2020
Canada Rail Strikes
Current strikes in Canada affecting all rail movements, delays to be expected countrywide.
30th January 2020
Coronavirus
The Chinese new year has been extended until the 2nd of February to try and contain the spreading of the novel…
27th January 2020
Further Information on Brexit
Ratification of the EU withdrawal agreement was finally confirmed on the 23rd of January. The EU is now due to vote on…
24th January 2020
Further Information on IMO2020
Low-sulphur regulations may trigger more slow steaming and transhipment and be ruinous for some container lines if they…
10th December 2019
How can we help?
Freight forwarding is the very core of what we do. It is the act of arranging the transport of goods from point A to…
5th December 2019
Atlantic Container Line signs 15-Year agreement with Peel Ports Group
Atlantic Container Line (ACL), a Grimaldi Group Company, has agreed a new 15-year contract extension for container and…
26th November 2019
The IMO 2020 Fuel Surcharge is coming
Low-sulphur regulations may trigger more slow steaming and transhipment and be ruinous for some container lines if they…
20th September 2019
Are you ready for Brexit?
The Government has said that the UK will be leaving the EU on 31 October. Leaving the EU without a deal means there…
14th June 2019
Do Tariffs Cause Prices To Go Up? Not Necessarily.
President Trump recently raised tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese exports and threatened to impose import duties…
31st May 2019
The role of the blockchain in shipping
The technology we use is becoming more and more connected every day, we can connect to our home security through our…
22nd October 2018
Felixstowe still ‘playing catch-up’ after I.T chaos
Disruption to container traffic at the port of Felixstowe has eased considerably in the past week, but road haulage…
11th October 2018
US box imports show no sign of slowing
The new round of tariffs implemented by China and the US last month are not so far dimming US box imports, with…
11th October 2018
Rising fuel costs set to push up container freight rates
Shippers should expect a freight rate increase of between 13% and 20% next year if carriers are to make up for the…
2nd May 2017
China congestion ‘likely to affect other Asian ports’
Port congestion at key hub terminals in China will ripple down to ports across Asia and further disrupt feeder…
18th April 2017
Shippers hold emergency meeting over sea freight capacity crisis
European shippers held an emergency meeting last week over the current ocean freight capacity crisis in which delays of…
3rd April 2017
Container Shipping lines lose $3.5bn in 2016
The world’s major container shipping lines made estimated collective losses of $3.5 billion in 2016, their first annual…
22nd March 2017
Supply chains disrupted by European box export capacity crunch
European exporters are facing “a huge booking crunch” to secure eastbound ocean freight capacity that is disrupting…
23rd November 2016
ZENITH ACHIEVES AEO STATUS
Zenith are proud to announce that they have been granted AEO Status by UK Tax authority HM Revenue & Customs…
22nd November 2016
Maersk and MSC rule out HMM joining 2M alliance
After several months of discussions, Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have decided against…
26th September 2016
US expands expedited ocean freight customs clearance programme
The US is expanding its customs facilitation programme C-TPAT ‘AQUA’, extending Customs and Border Protection (CBP)’s…